Books - Families

• Dianne Hofmeyr, Jane Ray
• Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781847806765
• Published: 05-10-2017

Daniela the glassmaker's daughter is grumpy and never smiles. Her father promises a beautiful glass palace to anyone who can make her laugh. People come from far and wide to try their luck in amusing Daniela. But mask makers, lion tamers and magicians cannot raise a smile from the princess. It...

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• Nick Lake
• Hachette Children's Group
• ISBN13: 9781444936773
• Published: 05-10-2017

The Martian for teens - an epic, highly original space thriller with real science and heartbreaking beauty. Leo has never set foot on Earth. Born and raised with twins Orion and Libra on the Moon 2 Space Station, they have grown up together in the most extraordinary of ways. Now,...

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• Jessica Ennis-Hill, Erica-Jane Waters
• Hachette Children's Group
• ISBN13: 9781444934427
• Published: 05-10-2017

The fourth in a magical, exciting adventure by Olympian and World Book Day ambassador Jessica Ennis-Hill. Perfect for fans of Rainbow Magic and My Little Pony: a bumper special edition, with extra quizzes and activities. What if you had a special bracelet that let you become invisible w...

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• Sally Gardner
• Hot Key Books
• ISBN13: 9781471406430
• Published: 05-10-2017

An extraordinary tale about the search for love from the acclaimed Costa and Carnegie winning novelist Sally Gardner.Jazmin has been shunned ever since her best friend Becky disappeared. But Becky didn't just disappear - she jumped off a tall building and seemingly never reached the ground. It...

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• Carnovsky, Kate Davies
• Wide Eyed Editions
• ISBN13: 9781786030504
• Published: 05-10-2017

A 2019 Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students: K-12 (National Science Teachers Association and the Children's Book Council).An anatomy lesson like no other! Look inside the human body with the magic three-color lens and x-ray from head to toe to discover how your body works. <...

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• Paula Blumen, Mia Cassany
• Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781786031136
• Published: 05-10-2017

Kids will have their imaginations captured by this beautiful, non-fiction picture book that looks at home from around the world. Home Sweet Home celebrates the wide diversity of living quarters people around the world live in.Find out who lives in a Brooklyn brownstone or a Tokyo a...

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• Kirsten Sims
• Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781847809490
• Published: 05-10-2017

Bathalzar is the world's greatest violin-playing polar bear. At least, he used to be the greatest. Now he's the only polar bear left in all the world's circuses. He misses his home and his friends, but above all he misses his Grandpa Balthazar, who gave him his first violin. One day, Balthazar...

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• Sebastien de Castell
• Hot Key Books
• ISBN13: 9781471406676
• Published: 05-10-2017

SORCERY IS A SCAM . . . Four months after fleeing his own people, Kellen has discovered he's an even worse outlaw than he was mage. It doesn't help that his only allies are a swaggering card player and a thieving squirrel cat.Then he meets Seneira, a blindfolded girl who isn't blind, and whose...

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